tulis
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧lis
Verb
tulis
- to stick up; to rob at gunpoint or knifepoint
Derived terms
- manunulis
- tulisan
- tulisit
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tulis/
Verb
tulis
- to write
Derived terms
- ditulis
- nulis
- petulis
Indonesian
Verb
tulis
- to write (to form letters, etc.)
Derived terms
- bertulis
- dituliskan
- menulis
- menulisi
- menuliskan
- penulis
- penulisan
- tertulis
- tulisan
- tulisan-tulisan
- tuliskan
- tuliskanlah
Compounds
- meja tulis (writing desk)
- mesin tulis (typewriter)
Lithuanian
Noun
tulis m
- thulium
Malay
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /tules/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /tulɪs/
- Rhymes: -ules, -les, -es
Verb
tulis (Jawi spelling توليس)
- to write (to form letters, etc.)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- penulis [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penulisan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- tulisan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- tuliskan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- menulis [agent focus] (meN-)
- menuliskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- menulisi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- ditulis [patient focus] (di-)
- dituliskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- ditulisi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
- tertulis [agentless action] (teR-)
- bertulis [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tulis
Further reading
- “tulis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
Noun
tulis
- book, letter, drawing
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare talas and tilos.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧lis
- IPA(key): /ˈtulis/, [ˈtu.lɪs] (noun)
- IPA(key): /tuˈlis/, [tʊˈlis] (adjective)
Noun
tulis
- sharpness (of a point)
- sharp end or point (of something tapering)
- Synonym: tilos
- (figurative) sharpness; severity (of one's words or language)
Derived terms
- katulisan
- magtulis
- matulis
- pagkamatulis
- patulis
- patulisin
- tulisan
- tulis-tulis
- tumilis
- walang-tulis
Adjective
tulís
- pointed; with a tapering, pointy end
Tausug
Etymology
From Malay tulis.
Verb
tulis
- to write
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay tulis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu.ˈlis/
Verb
tulis
- (transitive) to write
Conjugation
| Conjugation of tulis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | totulis | fotulis | mitulis | |
| 2nd | notulis | nitulis | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | otulis | itulis, yotulis† | |
| Feminine | motulis | |||
| Neuter | itulis | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian
Etymology
From Malay tulis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪u.l̪is̪/
Verb
tulis
- (transitive) to write
- imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?
Conjugation
| Conjugation of tulis (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | totulis | motulis | atulis | |
| 2nd person | notulis | fotulis | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | itulis | dotulis | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | nutulis, tulis | futulis, tulis | ||
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics